Comment 47 for bug 198453
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| Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote Re: [Bug 198453] Re: Default ALSA device must use PulseAudio, otherwise ALSA applications may fail | #47 |
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(Get the code!)
"Solution 1" is fine. libflashsupport is less than optimal, but we
have to live with a closed source de-facto Flash player to be
practical for now, so that's that.
If ALSA-using applications are expecting exclusive access to the
hardware, that is their fault. If they are using the "default" device
but treating it as if it was a physical hardware device, that is their
fault. Two fatal errors by a handful of ALSA apps is not a
showstopper.
It is clear to me that the solution is to follow "The Perfect Setup"
and just fix up the ALSA applications in due course.
If something needs to be done to Skype to get it to work, along the
lines of libflashsupport, someone can do it if they care enough. You
can't expect us to be sympathetic towards closed source software for a
proprietary comms. system that restricts our freedom, no matter how
"high profile" it may be.